Just about every small town and major city has some sort of New Year’s Eve celebration, whether it is an officially scheduled event or just a friends and family gathering to ring in 2025. This year’s New Year’s forecast looks to be a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that the weather will […]
A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. As BBC News reports, scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on Friday) after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by. NASA said the probe was “safe” […]
President-elect Donald Trump wants to do away with daylight saving time (DST), a move that some experts say could improve health and wellness. Trump announced the goal in a post on his Truth Social last Friday. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, […]
Maybe it doesn’t exactly feel like it where you are this holiday season, but according to experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), La Niña is still going to make herself known in 2025. As The Weather Channel reports, cooler-than-average water temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean are still expected to reach the […]
The snow and ice of winter are definitely here this holiday season. Even those of us who are winter driving “experts” need a brush-up on the science of driving in the snow and driving on the ice. Knowing what happens when we hit the brakes and how to keep tires gripping the road can save you […]
Santa Claus is coming to town, so it’s time to find out where Santa and his reindeer are, and most importantly, what’s their ETA for your neck of the planet. Well, with a little help from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), you can track Santa on his journey around the world. NORAD, a […]
The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year with the longest night of the year. The December solstice also marks the official start of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere, taking place this year on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 4:20 a.m. EST. This is different than meteorological winter, which starts on Dec. 1. But as […]
Wishes for a white Christmas are growing as the holiday inches closer. Recent cold blasts in the eastern half of the United States have many hoping the pattern will be favorable for a blanket of snow on Christmas morning, but that may not be the case for much of the Lower 48. So what is […]
A rare tornado struck Scotts Valley, just south of the Bay Area, overturning cars, damaging trees and knocking out power with an estimated peak winds of 90 mph. As AccuWeather reports, San Francisco city and county received the first warning Saturday since the inception of reliable weather records in 1950, Nicole Sarment, a weather service […]
One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to peak, sparking shooting stars into the chilly December sky. It’s considered one of the best meteor showers of the year because the nights are longer and the meteors are bright and plentiful. As AccuWeather reports, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night […]